It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated.

'Spice Girls' is about unifying the world - every age, every gender, everyone. It's woman power, it's an essence, a tribe.

The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing.

I love being on the beach - it's my favourite place. I can chill out, read, listen to music, play with my daughter.

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.

Step by step, the road is long, but at the end you can touch a star.

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

We hope for the future, then we reach for the past.

In school nativity plays I was always the bloody little donkey, I was never Mary.

It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves. Don't take life too seriously.

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.

Why should we remain innocent of what lurks in the shadows? How can we live in the world if we don't understand how dark and brutal it can be?

Nobody's perfect... Well, there was this one guy, but we killed him.

I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.

When you prevent me from doing anything I want to do, that is persecution; when I prevent you from doing anything you want to do, that is law, order, and morals.

The smile on your face is sometimes out of place, don't mind no frowns, cheer down.

In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.

Working with my brother is something that I've always wanted to do. He's one of my best friends.

As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of ‘Hi, it’s nice to meet you’ in this part of the world. Frankly, I think standard greetings work better, but what do I know?

Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don’t think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher.